Removable binding for books



'(No Model.)

G. MOKIBBIN. REMOVABLE BINDING FOR BOOKS.

Patented Jan. 1, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn,

GEORGE MCKIBBIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REMOVABLE BINDING FOR BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 531,691, dated January 1, 1895.

Application filed September 26,1894- Serial No. 524,178. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MCKIBBIN, of Brooklyn, New York, have invented an Improved Removable Binding for Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved binding for memoranda and other books, and the object of my invention is to provide an improved binding for meinoranda and note books, such that the fastening of the binding to the sheets of the book shall be independent of the fastening of the sheets to each other and shall be a detachable fastening so that said binding can be readily removed from the sheets of the note book, still secured together, and can be used with a new and unused pile of sheets, the old pile being laid away for reference, all the sheets being retained in their relative position.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of' the removable inside; Fig. 2, a section on line 2, 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the book complete; Fig. 4, a section on line 4, i, Fig. 3, and Fig. 5, an enlarged section through the fastening mechanism.

The letter a, represents the inside of a memoranda or other book, which is composed of a rumber of leaves, bound together by eyelets c, is the continuous coverof the book made of a size to embrace the inside. The back 0', of the cover is perforated in line with the eyelets b, for the reception of bolts (Z. These bolts are passed through the cover and through the eyelets Z), of the inside, and are secured in place by nuts cl, that engage the projecting threaded ends of the bolts. In this way, the inside is securely attached to the cover and, when to be replaced, may be readily removed by first unscrewing the nuts and withdrawing the bolts. The fastening is simple, secure, and is not apt to become Worn by repeated use.

A hinge c should be formed on both flaps of the cover, in front of the fastening bolts, so that the book will open at. the hinges without interfering with the nuts or the bolt heads.

What I claim is- 1. In an article of the class described, the combination of a pile of sheets, secured together by an eyelet, and a cover independently and removably secured to said pile by a pin passed through said eyelet, substantially as described.

2-. In an article of the class described, the combination of a pile of sheets, an eyelet securing the same together, a cover laid over the pile and eyelet, and a pin passed through the eyelet and cover securing the same together.

3. In an article of the class described, the combination of a pile of sheets, an eyelet securing the same together, acover laid over the pile and eyelet, a bolt passed through said eyelet and cover, and a convex nut having a threaded concavity screwed on the end of said bolt, substantially as described.

GEORGE MCKIBBXN.

llnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM SCHULZ. 

